Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over 1,500 species and 225 genera of rhinoceros beetles are known.
Allomyrina dichotoma, also known as the Japanese rhinoceros beetle or Japanese horned beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle. They are commonly found in continental Asia in countries such as China, the Korean peninsula, Japan, and Taiwan. In these areas, this species of beetle is often found in broad-leaved forests with tropical or sub-tropical climates. This beetle is well known for the prominent cephalic horn found on males. Male Japanese rhinoceros beetles will use this horn to fight other males for territory and access to female mating partners. Upon contact, males will attempt to flip each other onto their backs or off of their feeding tree. In response to selective pressures, smaller male A. dichotoma have adapted a "sneak-like behavior". These smaller beetles will attempt to avoid physical confrontation with larger males and try to mate with females.
Alkalihalobacillus is a genus of gram-positive or gram-variable rod-shaped bacteria in the family Bacillaceae from the order Bacillales. The type species of this genus is Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus.
Alkalihalobacillus alkalilacus is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from sediments from the Sambhar Lake in Jaipur.
Alkalihalobacillus alkalisediminis is a Gram-positive, alkaliphilic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus.
Alkalihalobacillus berkeleyi is a bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from a sea urchin.
Alkalihalobacillus bogoriensis is a Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, spore-forming, alkaliphilic and non-motil bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from Lake Bogoria.
Alkalihalobacillus caeni is a Gram-variable, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from sediments from the Bamen Bay mangrove forest in China.
Alkalihalobacillus hemicentroti is a Gram-positive, moderately halophilic, facultatively alkaliphilic, endospore-forming, facultatively anaerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from a sea urchin from the Naozhou Island.
Alkalihalobacillus hwajinpoensis is a bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus.
Alkalihalobacillus krulwichiae is a Gram-positive, obligate alkaliphilic and facultatively anaerobic bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from soil from Tsukuba.
Alkalihalobacillus lehensis is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming and alkalitolerant bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from soil from Leh.
Alkalihalobacillus ligniniphilus is a Gram-positive, alkaliphilic and halotolerant bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from sediments from the South China Sea.
Alkalihalobacillus macyae is a Gram-positive and motile bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from a gold mine in Australia.
Alkalihalobacillus marmarensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic and obligately alkaliphilic bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from isolated from mushroom compost from Yalova.
Alkalihalobacillus miscanthi is a Gram-positive, aerobic, endospore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from the rhizosphere of the grass Miscanthus sacchariflorus.
Alkalihalobacillus nanhaiisediminis is a Gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from sediments from the South China Sea.
Alkalihalobacillus oshimensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic, facultatively alkaliphilic, halophilic and halotolerant bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from soil from Oshyamanbe from Japan.
Alkalihalobacillus patagoniensis is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and spore-forming bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from the rhizosphere of the plant Atriplex lampa from Patagonia.
Alkalihalobacillus xiaoxiensis is a Gram-positive, slightly halophilic, endospore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from forest soil from the Xiaoxi National Natural Reserve in China.
